Crises of Social Transformation in India
Contents: 1. Crises of Social Transformation/S. R. Ahlawat and Neerja Ahlawat. 2. Indian Ideas of Nation and the Project of Nation-Building/Paramjit S. Judge. 3. Creative Destruction and Survival of Enterprising Democracy/Nupurnima Yadav. 4. Inclusion of Excluded Communities/S. R. Ahlawat. 5. Right to Education Act 2009/Satish K. Sharma. 6. Social Transformation and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)/K. Gopal Iyer. 7. From Caste Associations to Khap Panchayats/Bhupendra Yadav. 8. Marriage Norms, Notion of Honour and Khaps in Haryana/Neerja Ahlawat. 9. Social Transformation of Peasantry in the Border Belt of Punjab/Jagrup S. Sekhon. 10. Role of Movement in Social Transformation Agitation in Tamil Nadu/Rambabu A. 11. Sub-Regional Assertions and Social Transformation in Kashmir/Aijaz Ashraf Wani. 12. Elementary Education Choice in a Transforming Society/Reshmi Chakraborty. 13. Changing Health Infrastructure and Social Transformation in Himachal Pradesh/Seema Chauhan. 14. Locating ‘Social’ in Corporate Social Responsibility/Ketaki Dwivedi. 15. State Intervention in Social Transformation/Km Sohini. 16 Social Transformation and the State Intervention for Human Rights/Swati Singh. 17. Understanding Gender in Social Transformation/Pradeep Kumar Parida. 18. Role of Civil Society in Social Transformation/Ajai Kumar.
India’s path of development is passing through a rapid social upheaval. The first three decades after independence were pursuing the policy of infrastructure building. The State was the biggest partner in the process of social transformation till the eighties. The era of globalization experienced fast economic reforms where State started shirking its role of development and left the job in the hands of private partners. NGOs too started dominating the processes of development.
This volume addresses some very important questions: In which direction Indian society is transforming? What is the role of State in bringing about social transformation? Which are the dominant forces that set direction for social transformation? Who are the gainers and losers of development in the era of globalization? What stresses and strains the process has created in Indian society?
This volume provides an understanding of the above raised issues and offers grassroot level information through empirical investigations of social transformation across various regions of India. Scholars from diverse disciplines have contributed their research, studies, perceptions and ideas on the central theme of emerging crises in the wake of globalization since 1991 in India.
